Definition of "sputters" []

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sputter. (verb)

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• "As our economy sputters from the economic meltdown, we need to invest in the next generation by preparing them to be lifelong learners who are eager to design solutions for complex problems of the day."
• "After rain sputters to an end and there is nothing but pulse — after venous smells fill the room like a gun firing."
• "When the economy sputters from the burdens of the tax cuts, war spending, corporate welfare and the baby boomers retiring, it is not going to be the top of the food chain who will need help."